Mystery developer working on BioShock PS3

An as-yet unnamed third-party developer is working alongside factions of 2K on the much-anticipated PS3 conversion of BioShock, reveals Sony.

Alyssa Finley, executive producer at 2K Marin said:

"Because this is the first PS3 title from 2K Marin, 2K Australia and 2K Boston, we've also got another development partner with some outstanding PS3-specific coding chops helping out with the project."

Which developer that is, however, will be revealed in the future, she added.

[Kain81]

maybe^^
or Sony montreal the guys who developed GOD OF WAR

[Lifendz]

I think they have a loyal customer for life in me. I'm getting this game anyway but if it's them then I'll be even more excited for it.

[Lord_Ash]

I also have a feeling that it’s either Insomniac or Naughty Dog, and by the way it’s Sony Santa Monica that made God of War not Sony Montreal (I’m not sure if there is such a studio), just to spread the knowledge.

[Jamie Foxx]

LOL

[Coheno]

It's either Insomniac or Nauhty Dog, could also possibly be God of War guys Santa Monica studios...

[Daver]

I'm leaving around there but i dont think there is a sony montreal

[ajeben809]

lol

[iHEARTboobs]

I wonder why they're so secretive about who's helping them.

[The Wood]

... they have no name, no faces and speak in an alien dialect. Sociable? nah, Skillful as h3ll, indeed

[Mc Fadge]

The Asians? :0!

[Bolts]

Asians coding for the PS3? No way...

[The Wood]

... smart beings

[RiseOfMonster]

Dare I say, multi player? o_O

[The Wood]

it will downplayed for 'not needing it' and marked down accordingly.

[Euphrate]

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[ustayclassyn4g]

either naughty dog or insomniac. if they're looking to add mp it's probably insomniac after resistance. insomniac did just open a new studio so this could be one of their first projects

[shysun]

iT'S NAUGHTY DOG, best port to PS3 yet! ;)

[dale1]

its ted price crew no doubt,also he did praise bioshocks team

[InMyOpinion]

Ted Praise?

[shysun]

He's one of the founders of Insomniac and current CEO.

[InMyOpinion]

You missed the joke =)

[leeger]

I really do hope its either Insomniac or Naughty Dog

[InMyOpinion]

Making Bioshock the worlds first strictly motion controlled fps game.

j/k, I hope this makes the game even better.

[kewlkat007]

it's a dev that have experience on the PS3..

We don't wanna see things go technically wrong, it will be surprising to see how this one fares in reviews.

We all expect it should be miles better in every way.

[lokin]

it would be great if either naughty dog or insomniac will be involved, but highly unlikely. 2k/naughty dog/insomniac are 3 respectable developers and i just dont see either of them working on each others' games

[spectyre]

Gabe Newell.

OK all kidding aside. For some reason I was thinking of Ninja Theory when I read this.

[THE_JUDGE]

They have worked with Sony only once and are working on their own project right now.

[KatanaSteel]

I think it's Naughty Dog, look how well they made Uncharted and that was their first PS3 game!

[Jack The Lad]

just make it good thats all i say

[NinjaRyu]

just pray to god it's not EA!

[QuietStorm]

It either naughty dog or insomniac. Amy Henning and Ted Price, both from their respective companies, praised the game in this month EGM. IMO I think it's one of these companies, so you know its a must buy for ps3.

[jobboy]

i heard somewhere it's an UK-based internal EA studio.

fixed.

[andron]

That will hopefully make it a great port. Nice that they brought in help to ensure it would turn out well...

[Bazookajoe_83]

They seem to have the best skill in ps3 development..

[nice_cuppa]

hope it's not too sloppy !

still its gotta be better than halflife 2 right ?

[gambare]

yeah, way better than ninja gaiden 2

[Rythrine]

Kojima's team? :)

[eddierivera]

the guys who made Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

[OoLegendoO]

Insomniac or ND is my guess.

[THE_JUDGE]

see is maybe, the new Insomniac team in N.C. or some other Sony studio, maybe Naughty Dog.

[PirateThom]

I think Naughty Dog just because Insomniac are working on Resistance 2.

[PJF_Josh]

insomniac is busy with R2 - we haven't heard much of anything from naughty dog since uncharted came out.....

[[email protected]]

Third party help...? Hmmm, Insomaniac and Naughty Dogs are consider it Second and first party. So I don't got a clear idea... yet!.

[ali312]

I have investigated it further and we have now identified that the company is Microsoft Game Studios. They have acknowledged the awesome power of the Ps3 and were more than happy to help out! There you have it.

[Swiftfox]

Call me crazy, but I don't think it's Naughty Dog or Insomniac. I think it's Epic studios.

This game runs on the Unreal Engine 3 (I think) and not many games on a technical level run smoothly on the PS3 with this engine.

Epic has experience with the Unreal Engine on the PS3 so that makes them a obvious candidate for the "mystery developer" possition.

[Aquanox]

This will give 2k Boston more room to focus on Bioshock 2.

They say it's their first PS3 project, and considering they have been working on Bioshock 2 for a while then it might mean that they aren't coding it for PS3.

Interesting huh?

[heyheyhey]

i think they mean it will be the first released title for the PS3

if Bio 2 uses the same engine and these guys have developed a good way to port the original then there's NO reason this one would not come to the PS3

you fail epic

[QuietStorm]

In another Sony announcement made today, it appears that two games being developed by the internal London studios have now been potentially canned. The Getaway and Eight Days are now out of production, thanks to budgetary redistribution. Gamesindustry.biz have the full statement from Sony, in which they state that "this decision was made following an internal review of all games and it was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion."

It's thought that this is a direct result of Phil Harrison's successor, Shuhei Yoshida, becoming President of Sony's Worldwide Studios. We heard relatively recently from The Getaway's lead writer that the game was still in production and UK newspaper The Guardian had a recent article claiming Eight Days was ramping up to full production, so it's disheartening to hear that the projects have been canned

[TheMART]

3rd party other then original dev mostly means... They don't want to burn their hands on the port.

All games redone by another dev have turned out to be not that good as the original... Remember The Orange Box PS3 fanboys.

[Obama]

haha @ the bots damange control.